Thanks to former chancellor Angela Merkel's asylum policy, Germany has taken in nearly half the Syrians seeking refuge in ...

There are more refugees in the world today than at any other point in history. The United Nations estimates that there are now more than 120 million people forcibly displaced from their homes. That is ...

Austria is preparing to deport a Syrian man whose asylum status was revoked due to a criminal conviction, in what an EU ...

Germany's Bundestag lower house passed a bill on Friday to suspend family reunification for migrants who do not qualify for ...

As the U.N. marks its 80th anniversary on June 26, its humanitarian agencies are facing one of the greatest crises in their ...

Syrian architect Abdel Aziz al-Mohammed could barely recognise his war-ravaged village when he returned after years away. Now ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that 2.5 million refugees worldwide will need to be resettled next year, according to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs report released this morning.

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi says that more than two million Syrian refugees and internally displaced ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Thursday that the international community and financial institutions ...

Syrian rebels seized Damascus on Sunday, and long-time President Bashar Assad fled the battle-scarred country amid the stunning collapse of his regime after 13 years of war. Assad and his family ...

UNHCR reports that more than 122 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes due to war, violence, and persecution. While many arrive in unfamiliar places seeking protection, ...

So far the exodus from Iran has been tiny, but that could change. Many of those fleeing Tehran are heading north, to the less ...